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    Question How long do you keep the infant insert in the B-Safe?

    My 5 week old is just over 9lbs, but cloth diapers make him a little taller in the seat, and it seems like I should stop using the infant insert. Is it necessary until they're 11lbs, or can I ditch it now?
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    Is this overhang ok?

    Is it ok for the myride to hang over the edge of the seat like this? We are playing musical carseats, and I need it FF in my hubby's truck. The whole installation just doesn't look right, but I have never used the myride FF. Close up (don't mind the dirt--it's DH's truck)
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    no top tether-- which seat?

    So, let's say you have 2 FF seats that need to be installed in the 3rd row of your 2008 dodge grand caravan, where there is only 1 top tether available. I have a britax frontier 85 and a recaro prosport. My daughter is 4 1/2 years old, 41 inches tall, and about 33ish lbs. My son just turned...
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    Would you buy a booster or harness seat

    If you had a 4 1/2 year old girl (5 in early Sept), and she needed a new seat, would you get her a 5 point harness seat or a high back booster? She has sat in a booster before for a very short trip, and she did fine. She is very good in the car, but she is small (41 inches tall, 34ish lbs...
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    Recaro Prosport- fit questions

    Our nautilus was getting old and ratty looking, and expires either at the end of this year or next, anyway, so I bought my son the blue seat he's been begging for since he realized carseats came in colors. Is it ok to use like this? This is the lowest shoulder setting that fits him (I think...
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    minivans with 2 top tether anchors in the 3rd row?

    Are there any minivans out there that have 2 top tether anchors in the 3rd row? I currently drive a 2008 dodge grand caravan, which has 1 top tether in the 3rd row. I am just thinking into the future, when my 2 y.o. goes FF, where would I put him? I HATE the set up of using the 2 captains...
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    Flying w/ 3 kids to Mexico

    I booked a trip to Cancun today for the family in April 2013. It will be the first time we're flying with kids instead of driving to our destination. We are flying a direct flight (5 or 6 hours) to Cancun, and then a shuttle is taking us to our hotel. We likely won't be leaving the resort...
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    Have to turn my guy FF

    I (thank goodness) just weighed my son fully clothed and with shoes, and he is 34.8 lbs. His radian only goes to 35 lbs RF. I am kicking myself for selling my daughter's flora radian xtsl that RF'd to 45 lbs (originally bought the radian 65 for her, passed it to my son when I bought her the...
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    does she 5-step, and how to do 3 across?

    Am I correct in telling my sister that my niece does NOT 5 step in this picture? Niece is 8 yrs, 7 months old and "pretty tall" according to my sister. This is in the middle seat of a subaru forester that my sister is trying to get 3 across in. Any ideas for 3 across? Kids are my niece...
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    Pick a seat for me?

    I hate the cosco scenera. I just cannot get a good install in DH's truck without a bunch of sweating and cursing, so I am thinking of getting my foster son a new seat, and I'm kicking myself for selling my radian. He's tiny-- only on the 2nd from the bottom slots of his myride in my car...
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    Frontier in 2008 Dodge Caravan

    I searched the site but couldn't seem to find actual answers. Will a FR 85 work in the 3rd row of a 2008 dodge grand caravan sxt and still leave legroom? I just sold my daughter's radian and bought her a cow frontier. I'd really like to leave one of the captain's chairs empty for easy access...
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    Would you FF her?

    DD is 3 yrs, 10 months old. She will 4 on September 6. Stats are current in my siggy (39" tall, 32 lbs if you can't see siggys). I ff'd her for the past 2 weeks because we had an infant foster placement and it was easier to load everyone up into the car. Now that baby has gone home, I told...
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    3 across in an '08 Dodge Grand Caravan?

    Has anyone gotten 3 harnessed seats across the back row of the '08 dodge grand caravan? I've tried (with Kac) 2 radians and a scenera (all RF), no go. And 2 radians and a myride (all RF), also a no go. My daughter is almost 4 now, and I would be fine temporarily FF her if a FF seat would help...
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    Question How long does she have?

    DD will be 4 in Sept. Think she'll make it to 5 RF in this seat (so another year and a few months)? No where close to the weight limit, as she is 32 lbs fully clothed and in shoes, but all of a sudden, she's a lot taller than I remember her being!
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    FF seat that is shorter front to back?

    DD is still RF in my car, but FF in DH's truck. She's in a nautilus, but there is barely room for her feet due to DH's height (he's 6'6"). My worry is that, in a year, there won't be room for her knees, either. Are there any seats that are shorter/slimmer front to back that might give her more...
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    If a child's ears are a hare over the top of the regent

    Are there boosters that she won't fit into? I know the regent was a pretty tall seat. She has outgrown that and mom is looking to buy her a high back booster. Are there smaller hbb's she should stay away from?? Child will be 8 in 2 months- I don't know her height and weight, but she has just...
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    Question Going from RF straight to HBB?

    Where can I find data on going straight from RF to a HBB (skipping the FF 5-point harness)? Is there any data to be had? Of course, this is assuming that, by the time she outgrows her seat RF, she will have the maturity to sit in a HBB, but I could see my daughter easily getting another year...
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    Getting a replacement seat from customer service

    So, we ended up having to call customer service for our onboard 35 because we couldn't find the manual, and couldn't get it out of the car :o I also had DH mention to the rep that the handle doesn't stay in the locked position when you carry a child in the seat. We don't use the bucket that...
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    Can't uninstall the onboard 35!

    Help! My 14 month old foster son needs to move back to the myride. I can't even open the lockoffs for the onboard infant seat. Is there a trick? The lock flips up, but won't separate from the plates that cover the seatbelt.
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    What booster seats don't require the car's headrest?

    My mom is looking for a booster for her car for my 7 1/2 y.o. niece. She has a '00 honda civic, and says the back seat headrests don't go up. Which high back boosters don't require the car's headrest? My niece is pretty tall, but I don't know her seated height. She's supposed to be getting...

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